
The Asian and American tug of war
What I craved when I came to Taiwan wasn’t a transformative alteration of my cultural identity. What I sought was to locate a missing half of me without losing the other.
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What I craved when I came to Taiwan wasn’t a transformative alteration of my cultural identity. What I sought was to locate a missing half of me without losing the other.
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At every painstaking step in the DVD watching process, I am reminded that I am watching a film, just like Shklovsky would have intended.
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These weekly written confessions gave me the opportunity to complete the task set by the liminal space: to deep dive into my internal archive and attempt to make sense of it all.
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As the space outside my apartment turns to darkness, it’s as if my own reality turns Burton-esque, with my cheeks going hollow and skin growing ghastly.
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It’s easier to find comfort in the stories of elderly people who isolate themselves far from their own reality, who talk to cats and hole themselves up to write their next epic novel.
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I was a few years late to the boy band scene, but I had finally arrived.
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Before I went to high school, I didn’t register the Valley’s role in our upbringing — I hadn’t realized we’re, like, literally Valley girls.
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I myself never experienced growing pains as seen on screen, and not just because I’ve stayed the same height since the eighth grade.
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In the most cliche of ways, I stumbled upon my mum’s film camera in the corner of a closet, tucked among files of old bank statements and dust-covered boxes of memoirs.
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To yearn allows oneself the time to slow down, to sit in silence and consider, even wallow, in the weight of our emotions.
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